Asian tigers, African lions : comparing the development performance of Southeast Asia and Africa

TitleAsian tigers, African lions : comparing the development performance of Southeast Asia and Africa
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2013
Series EditorB. Berendsen, A.J. Dietz, H. Schulte Nordholt, and R. van der Veen
Series titleAfrican dynamics
Issue12
PaginationXIV, 524
Date Published2013///
PublisherBrill
Place PublishedLeiden [etc.]
Publication Languageeng
ISSN Number978900425638
KeywordsAfrica, Asia, economic development, economic policy
Abstract

Asian Tigers, African Lions is an anthology of contributions by scholars and (former) diplomats related to the 'Tracking Development' research project, funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and coordinated by the African Studies Centre and KITLV, both in Leiden, in collaboration with scholars based in Africa and Asia. The project compared the performance of growth and development of four pairs of countries in Southeast Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa during the last sixty years. It tried to answer the question how two regions with comparable levels of income per capita in the 1950s could diverge so rapidly. Why are there so many Asian tigers and not yet so many African lions? What could Africa learn from Southeast Asian development trajectories?

IR handle/ Full text URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1887/39100
Citation Key5673